Recently, information was leaked concerning Barrack Obama and his religion. Video was released of Obama's pastor for 20 years, Reverend Wright, saying white hate statements. He condemned the U.S. saying God D- America, which was met by furious applause by his audience. Could Obama have been in that audience?
Barrack Obama then made vague statements such as "I must not have been at that sermon" etc. etc. How could Obama been going to a pastor for twenty years, and not know his stands on white supremacy in America? There was more than one sermon which was taped as well, several in which Obama's pastor were released in which he says anti-American and white hate statements.
HUGE POINT HERE: At one point Rev. Wright said that "There is a man here who could take this country in a new direction!" It was more than likely he was speaking about Obama. Obama now swears he did not understand his pastors views. How could he not understand after going to his church for twenty years?!
BOTTOM LINE: Do you want the next President to reflect the views of Reverend Wright? His hatred of America? Condemning it, comparing it to Al Quaeda? See the truth and take this into consideration.
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Have you heard/read Obama's 'A more perfect union' speech? If you haven't, you should. It talks a lot about the issue with the pastor of his church.
Also: I think that a lot of people in America go to churches with pastors who they would not agree with fully. Maybe he should have changed churches, but maybe it was right for him to be accepting of the Reverend's opinion.
If you watched Obama's speech, you would know that he is not following in the Rev.'s footsteps. Obama stated that he sill loves his pastor but that the remarks seek to divide a nation that he hopes to unify. He stated that on a personal level his religion is important to him but that he very much believes in the separation of church and state and that his principals of unity and progress are what will drive his policy, not his reverend's politics of division and hatemongering.
Additionally, if you actually take the time to research and read Wright's comments in full, it becomes apparent that while he did step over the line, his views have some legitimacy and the concerns he voices need to be addressed. See this article for some additional insight:
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Though I still stick by my opinions, I can see your point. I do think that the Reverend stepped over the line, a mile over, but I agree with Obama when he says there needs to be a separation between church and state. It just makes me apprehensive, How could you not be influenced by your pastor after twenty years?
There's a difference by being influenced by someone and believing the same thing that they believe. Also, there's a difference between the Reverend saying that in a few sermons and preaching it every Sunday, all the time. I'm sure that the Reverend had a lot of really good, inspirational things to say as well.
If you haven't heard Barack's speech you really should.
Danno, I am sure that the reverend offered many inspirational things to say. But I am concerned with the inspirational things he said which imposed a negative influence. How do you know if he didn't preach it every Sunday? I am agnostic so why would I go to Muslim Church? I don't believe in the same things as they do. So why would I go there? Why would Barack go to a church in which he didn't believe in?
My point is not that he didn't believe in anything that the Reverend taught. I'm merely saying that you don't have to have perfectly aligned beliefs to go to someone's church and listen to them preach. I don't know if he said that every Sunday or not, but I would guess that he didn't. There's only so much you can preach about one subject before you start losing your congregation. I'm sure that the Reverend preached on many different things, many of which probably inspired Barack and in which he believed. You can't write someone off as awful or bad just because they said something that was wrong a few times, and you definitely can't write someone off because they listened to him. It's not like Barack is quoting those sermons in his speeches.
Of Course he's not quoting them!!! Oh my God, he wouldn't have made it so far if he had. I personally believe and I will say this again that Rev. Wright DOES believe this. He said things like this more than a few times. TWENTY YEARS, of listening to him. (And yes preachers do repeat themselves, A LOT actually) . I can and I will think that it is awful and bad to say these things. You don't have to think that these are bad things to say, but I do.
Okay bottom line we have different opinions and I do respect your point of view. Lets bury the hatchet Danno. : )
Just to clarify, it's fine that the Reverend believes that, and yes, that is wrong, I'm just saying that his belief doesn't translate to a belief of Obama's.
Truce. :)
there are alot of white people in government who grew up in racist families. For about all Middle-aged white congressmen from the south, there was blatent racisism around them everyday. does that make them racist? should all people who grew up white during segregation be stricken from public service because of what might have sunk into their psyche?
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